List of people from Nizhny Novgorod

This is a list of notable people who have lived in Nizhny Novgorod (1932–1990: Gorky), Russia.



1301–1800

 * Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444), Russian Orthodox saint
 * Dmitry Pozharsky (1577–1642), Rurikid prince, led Russian forces against Polish invaders in 1611–1612 towards the end of the Time of Troubles
 * Kuzma Minin (end of 16th century–1616), Russian National Hero of 1612
 * Ivan Kulibin (1735–1818), mechanic and inventor
 * Sergei Trubetskoy (1790–1860), one of the organizers of the Decembrist movement
 * Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), mathematician and geometer

1801–1850

 * Nikolai Martynov (1815–1875), army officer who fatally shot the poet Mikhail Lermontov in a duel on 27 July 1841
 * Pavel Melnikov (1818–1883), writer, ethnographer
 * Vasily Vasilyev (1818–1900), sinologist of the Victorian era
 * Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836–1861), literary critic, journalist, poet and revolutionary democrat
 * Pyotr Boborykin (1836–1921), writer, playwright, and journalist
 * Mily Balakirev (1837–1910), composer, head of The Five
 * Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (1838–1898), painter
 * German Lopatin (1845–1918), revolutionary, journalist and writer
 * Raphael von Koeber (1848–1923), German-Russian teacher of philosophy at the Tokyo Imperial University in Japan

1851–1900

 * Mikhail Matyushin (1861–1934), painter and composer
 * Constantin Kousnetzoff (1863–1936), painter
 * Vladimir Steklov (1864–1926), mathematician, mechanician and physicist
 * Anna Ulyanova (1864–1935), revolutionary and Soviet stateswoman
 * Zdzisław Lubomirski (1865–1943), Polish aristocrat, landowner, lawyer, conservative politician and social activist
 * Dmitriy Sirotkin (1865–1946), twice city head, millionaire
 * Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866–1887), revolutionary and older brother of Vladimir Lenin
 * Maxim Gorky (Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, 1868–1936), writer and political activist
 * Ivan Bubnov (1872–1919), marine engineer and designer of submarines for the Imperial Russian Navy
 * Dmitry Nadyozhny (1873–1945), commander in the Russian Imperial Army who later joined the Red Army
 * Alexander Samoylovich (1880–1938), Orientalist-Turkologist
 * Leonid Vesnin (1880–1933), leading light of Constructivist architecture
 * Sergei Chetverikov (1880–1959), biologist and geneticist
 * Mikhail Tetyaev (1882–1956), tectonic geologist
 * Alexander Krein (1883–1951), composer
 * Zinovy Peshkov (1884–1966), Russian-born French general and diplomat
 * Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919), Bolshevik party leader and chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee
 * Pyotr Nesterov (1887–1914), military pilot, aircraft technical designer and aerobatics pioneer
 * Issay Dobrowen (1891–1953), Russian-Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor
 * Nikolay Kolosovsky (1891–1954), economic geographer, economist
 * Léon Zack (1892–1980), painter and sculptor
 * Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975), soviet political, Prime Minister (1955–1958), Marshal of the Soviet Union
 * Catherine Doherty (1896–1985), Russian Canadian Roman Catholic social worker
 * Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962), poet, novelist and playwright
 * Aleksandr Formozov (1899–1973), biologist and environmentalist

1901–1930

 * Sergey Lebedev (1902–1974), scientist in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science, and designer of the first Soviet computers
 * Vladimir Varankin (1902–1938), writer of literature in Esperanto, instructor of western European history
 * Andrei Fajt (1903–1976), film actor
 * Grigory Ginzburg (1904–1961), pianist, Moscow Conservatory professor
 * Alexander Golovanov (1904–1975), pilot, Marshal of Aviation
 * Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909–1992), theoretical physicist, mathematician
 * Boris Mokrousov (1909–1968), composer
 * David Ashkenazi (1915–1997), pianist, accompanist and composer
 * Nikolai Khokhlov (1922–2007), KGB officer who defected to the United States in 1953
 * Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev (1926–1992), soviet actor
 * Margarita Nazarova (1926–2005), actress, circus performer
 * Yevgeniy Chazov (1929), physician

1931–1950

 * Igor Maslennikov (1931), film director
 * Valentin Morkovkin (1933–1999), rower
 * Konstantin Kharchev (1934), politician, diplomat and ambassador
 * Leonid Volkov (1934), ice hockey player
 * Igor Zhukov (1936), pianist, conductor and sound engineer
 * Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Russian-born pianist and conductor of Icelandic and Swiss citizenship
 * Yuri Golov (1937–2014), Russian footballer
 * German Sveshnikov (1937–2003), Soviet fencer
 * Viktor Konovalenko (1938–1996), ice hockey goaltender
 * Sergei Novikov (1938), mathematician
 * Mikhail Rabinovich (1941), influential physicist
 * Pavel Lednyov (1943–2010), modern pentathlete and Olympic champion
 * Valeri Zykov (1944), football player
 * Vladimir Denisov (1947), fencer
 * Gariy Napalkov (1948), ski jumper
 * Tatyana Averina (1950–2001), speed skater

1951–1970

 * Sergey Mitin (1951), Governor of Novgorod Oblast since 2007
 * Vladimir Kovin (1954), ice hockey player
 * Alexander Skvortsov (1954), ice hockey player
 * Galina Kakovkina (1957), painter
 * Serhii Plokhii (1957), professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University
 * Mikhail Varnakov (1957), ice hockey player
 * Gennadi Maslyayev (1958), professional football coach and player
 * Sergey Ryabtsev (1958), plays violin and provides backing vocals for the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello
 * Tatyana Shvyganova (1960), field hockey player and Olympic medalist
 * Evgeny Sheyko (1962), conductor
 * Yevgeny Erastov (1963), writer
 * Valery Rozov (1964), BASE jumper
 * Ilya Segalovich (1964–2013), co-founder of Russian search engine Yandex
 * Andrey Sigle (1964), film producer, film music composer and musician
 * Maya Usova (1964), ice dancer
 * Natalia Pankova (1965), artist, art manager
 * Dimitri Konyshev (1966), former road bicycle racer
 * Anatoly Moskvin (1966), former linguist, philologist, historian, and serial body snatcher
 * Alexander Baburin (1967), Russian-Irish Grandmaster of chess
 * Igor Egorov (1968), football referee and former player
 * Dmitri Cheryshev (1969), footballer
 * Alexei Ivanov (1969), writer
 * Vladimir Kurayev (1969), professional footballer
 * Sergei Sorokin (1969), ice hockey player
 * Valeri Popovitch (1970), football striker
 * Alyaksandr Taykow (1970), footballer

1971–1980

 * Vladislav Leontyev (1971), crime figure
 * Dmitry Mazunov (1971), table tennis player
 * Natalya Sadova (1972), discus thrower
 * Aleksei Gerasimov (1973), professional footballer
 * Andrej Krementschouk (1973), photographer
 * Albert Oskolkov (1973), professional footballer
 * Alexander Guskov (1976), professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Sergei Nakariakov (1977), virtuoso trumpeter
 * Svetlana Ganina (1978), table tennis player
 * Evgeny Aleshin (1979), swimmer
 * Pyotr Bystrov (1979), association footballer
 * Artem Chubarov (1979), professional ice hockey player
 * Natalya Bochkareva (1980), stage and film actress, television presenter
 * Irina Kotikhina (1980), professional table tennis player

1981–1990

 * Nikolay Kruglov Jr. (1981), biathlete
 * Igor Yamushev (1981), former Russian professional football player
 * Dmitry Aydov (1982), professional association football player
 * Vladimir Gusev (1982), professional road racing cyclist
 * Yekaterina Kondratyeva (1982), sprinter
 * Natalia Vodianova (1982), supermodel, philanthropist and occasional film actress
 * Ilya Korotkov (1983), javelin thrower
 * Sergey Shiryayev (1983), cross country skier
 * Ivan Usenko (1983), Belarusian ice hockey defenceman
 * Mikhail Tyulyapkin (1984), professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Ekaterina Vilkova (1984), actress of film, theater and television
 * Dmitri Kosmachev (1985), professional ice hockey player
 * Mikhail Varnakov (1985), professional ice hockey player
 * Maria Borodakova (1986), volleyball player
 * Denis Kornilov (1986), ski jumper
 * Denis Kozhukhin (1986), pianist, winner of the Vendome Prize in Lisbon in 2009
 * Svetlana Mironova (1986), orienteering competitor
 * Vera Ulyakina (1986), volleyball player
 * Anne Vyalitsyna (1986), supermodel
 * Artem Lobov (1986), UFC Fighter
 * Igor Levit (1987), Russian-German pianist
 * Ilya Maksimov (1987), football midfielder
 * Ruslan Zakharov (1987), short-track speed-skater
 * Nikolai Zhilyayev (1987), footballer
 * Vladimir Galuzin (1988), professional ice hockey player
 * Valeri Zhukov (1988), professional ice hockey player
 * Denis Cheryshev (1990), footballer, Valencia CF forward
 * Pavel Karelin (1990–2011), ski jumper
 * Dmitri Radchuk (1990), ice hockey player

1991–2000

 * Dmitriy Kokarev (1991), swimmer
 * Alexander Sharychenkov (1991), professional ice hockey goaltender
 * Daniil Trifonov (1991), concert pianist and composer
 * Dmitri Karasyov (1992), professional football player
 * Ekaterina Pushkash (1992), ice dancer
 * Mikhail Maksimochkin (1993), ski jumper
 * Rustam Yatimov (1998), professional football player
 * Danila Chechyotkin (2000), football player

21st century

 * Anton Yefremov (2003), football player
 * Daniil Shedko (2003), activist
 * Dariia Sergaeva (2004), rhythmic gymnast

Lived in Nizhny Novgorod

 * Damaskin (Rudnev) (1737–1795), Russian Orthodox Church bishop
 * Alexander Dubček (1921–1992), Czechoslovak politician, in Nizhny Novgorod 1933–1938
 * Nikolay Kruglov (born 1950), biathlete
 * Nina Makarova (1908–1976), composer
 * Anatoly Moskvin (1968), academic and linguist; arrested in 2011 after the bodies of 26 mummified young women were discovered in his home
 * Andrei Rumyantsev (born 1969), professional footballer
 * Aleksandr Shchukin (1969–2000), professional footballer (1987–1993: FC Lokomotiv Gorky)
 * Igor Shelushkov (born 1946), mental calculator; postgraduate at Gorki Polytechnic Institute (now Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University)

Exiles to Nizhny Novgorod
As a closed city that was inaccessible to foreign observers, this was a city for internal exiles.
 * Andrei Sakharov (1980–1989), eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist, 1975 Nobel Peace Prize winner
 * Egidio Gennari (1980–1989), Italian exile who left Italy in 1926 due to the repression of the Fascist government and lived in the city